[*the princess angela marie*] ([info]glass_doll) wrote in [info]greatpoets,
@ 2008-02-05 02:04:00
Previous Entry  Add to memories!  Tell a Friend!  Next Entry
Entry tags:pablo neruda

hope this hasnt been posted recently

I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair


DON'T GO FAR OFF, NOT EVEN FOR A DAY
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?

Pablo Neruda




(Post a new comment)


[info]ocean_tempest
2008-02-05 11:24 am UTC (link)
<3 Pablo Neruda.....:)
Thank you for posting it.

(Reply to this)


[info]sputteringraven
2008-02-05 09:22 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering where I read this when I realized that just yesterday a kid I know asked me to analyze this poem for him. =p

It's even better seeing it the second time around.

(Reply to this)


[info]bloodrebel333
2008-02-05 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Very nice.

(Reply to this)


[info]little_lady_d
2008-02-05 09:47 pm UTC (link)
one of my favorites.

(Reply to this)


Create an Account
Forgot your login or password?
Login w/ OpenID
English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…